The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
HEXONE
Definition of HEXONE
noun
A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hex- + -one.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HEXONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEXONE starts with H and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHNOX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found HEXONE?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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